A Hot Mug of Soup (short story)
Added 2024-03-21 18:33:31 +0000 UTCIn this brand-new story, Ray takes Cornelius on a drive to the ophthalmologist, but, as these things go, that is the least of what occurs.
(As an aside to all this, I'm still looking for a way to format these such that the PDF conversion process doesn't turn them into gappy slop, so if you notice any formatting errors, or like to talk about PDF conversion, please chime in in the comments. Thank you!)
Comments
Always love a shout-out to the concept of Euclidean space
Miles
2024-03-27 15:29:10 +0000 UTCI can imagine Ray's mother's stay with him, but would also appreciate hearing about it.
Vincent Verweij
2024-03-25 00:35:04 +0000 UTCGrind it fresh sometime, straight from the barnyard ass, sublime
Chris Onstad
2024-03-22 22:12:27 +0000 UTCEyyyy I have that soup base as well as some actual stock from some rotisserie scraps. I even have a wee jar of ground white pepper of moderate age. I could totally make some.
Julie (HiDeeHoGal)
2024-03-22 22:01:39 +0000 UTCI really liked this story. Something about the punchline of Ray now having 2 giant bags of tiny corks he didnt need - and that he didn't have the heart to tell Cornelious - was really funny and heartwarming.
Brian Horstead
2024-03-22 19:40:23 +0000 UTCThis was based on a yellow split pea soup I made a couple weeks ago. I used that "better than bouillon" chicken base stuff, and slightly extra fresh ground white pepper. It was kind of like dal.
Chris Onstad
2024-03-22 19:19:33 +0000 UTCno one can say such a kind thing, but thank you, we can only watch his grave from a distance and hope that another little book will rise among the daisies
Chris Onstad
2024-03-22 19:18:15 +0000 UTCOnstad is the heir of Wodehouse
Meadow Green
2024-03-22 15:43:18 +0000 UTCThe awkward magic of the story's small world, coupled with the simple allure of the soup's description, really drives this whole thing home
Distant Egg Song
2024-03-22 13:37:06 +0000 UTCI think I had that CD. It had Adiemus, Tubular Bells, Enya, Enigma?
Julie (HiDeeHoGal)
2024-03-22 13:36:11 +0000 UTCCharming. Classic magic shop theme with twists. Would it be a mistake to try to recreate the soup at home? I do love a simple but flavorful soup.
Julie (HiDeeHoGal)
2024-03-22 13:34:09 +0000 UTCThis is a shockingly accurate depiction of the Ways of older folks. "Please, I insist, take this accumulated detritus from the Kennedy Administration, take all of it, I'm sure you can make good use of it!"
professor husband
2024-03-22 10:23:34 +0000 UTCI wonder if Auguste is any relation to Anatole, another famous chef featured in cleverly-worded stories.
Douglas Wykstra
2024-03-22 08:19:59 +0000 UTCI was feeling strange when reading "stomach-stapled manatee", but then I hit an emotional high point upon the arrival of Papa Pung into the story
Ismini Roller
2024-03-22 03:07:45 +0000 UTCThen I am glad to be validated in my half hearted defense of this particular digital document format!
Shepton
2024-03-22 02:52:51 +0000 UTCI came here to say this
Jenn
2024-03-22 02:18:29 +0000 UTC“There’s anything there?”
Meadow Green
2024-03-22 02:17:00 +0000 UTCIt is good the doctor did not get distraction. Would have been a real shame
Stavro
2024-03-22 00:18:09 +0000 UTCthis was a really nice one, man. just a vignette of something mildly strange happening, nothing really important, but a lot of vibes. real pleasant.
prayergroupie
2024-03-21 23:19:26 +0000 UTCMy child you are in need of a journey into the Orinoco Flow.
Nicholas Williams
2024-03-21 21:45:34 +0000 UTCyou know those old late night music collection tv ads with scrolling artist and song titles i think one used to be called pure moods the music on them or at least the snippets on the ads never induced any mood whatsoever beyond wanting beavis and butthead to return more quickly these characters being affected by soup elicits more of a mood than anything pure moods ever made a halfhearted fire sale backcatalog license fee attempt toward the same
Zen Window
2024-03-21 20:54:37 +0000 UTCThank you. It is hard to surrender to computers after all they have done Against us, but maybe once in a while they are nice. (That said, I am almost certain a broken hyphenation lurks in part three.)
Chris Onstad
2024-03-21 18:53:19 +0000 UTCPDF conversion is actually one of my favorite things to not talk about at all. (Something perhaps more useful I can say though is that the default Adobe reader app on my phone does something called "liquid mode" that seems to do a nice job of formatting these in ways that look pretty nice on mobile devices. They look great without liquid mode too, it seems to just remove excess whitespace and size it nicely for my screen or whatever. But in case you had concerns over how these are looking on mobile... Everything is sharp and clear. The resolution is good. They look good! You're all good. Everything is good here. Thank you.)
Shepton
2024-03-21 18:35:51 +0000 UTC
